Shipping-crate.



G. CHAPMAN.

SHIPPING CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1915. 1,173,928. Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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SHIPPING CRATE.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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GEORGE CHAPMAN, 0F KEARNEY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE NAIRN LINOLEUM COMPANY, OF KEARNEY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEVT JERSEY.

' SHIPPING-CRATE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1915. Serial No. 28,082. v

1 The object of my invention is to provide a light yet strong construction which will effectively protect the contained roll andmaintain its own condition without danger of destruction during the rough handling commonly experiencedin freight shipments.

Inthe'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a crate in which my invention is embodied in one form; Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation thereof; Fig. 4L is a transverse section with the detachable halves of the crate separated; Fig. 5 is a perspective of a modification, with the. crate sections detached; Fig- 6 is an end elevation thereof with the sections assembled; and Fig. Tis a cross section with the parts detached. I

It has been found that when shippingheavy rolls of linoleum in crates of ordinary construction, the latter are very apt to be- .come distorted .or even wrecked through the dropping of the cratesat an angle on the ends of the longitudinal crate slats. A like result is often produced by the spinning of thecrate, viz., the rolling of the crate while tilted at an angle, during which its entire weight rests momentarily on the end corners of the successive slats as the crate is rolled or spun to position. Furthermore, the

practice heretofore has been to build the crate on the roll, the end heads being solid and the longitudinal slats being nailedin position while the roll is up-ended on one head. This operation is-not convenient and moreover-is time consuming.

-The present construction not only expedites the assembly of the crate on the roll, but also protects the longitudinal slats against end-impact during the normal handling of the crate, and injury to'the same is thus prevented.

In its preferred form the heads of the crate are polygonal, and in the. form'shown in Figs. 1 to 4, they are hexagonal, six slats 10 being used. To expedite the packing of theroll, the crate is madein halves, each head comprising two sections 11 and 12 which meet at the mid-line 13 bisecting opposite angles of the hexagon. Each half of the crate thus forms a cradle into one of which the roll may be placed, the other half being then positioned thereover and secured in position. Cross cleats 14, 15 and 16 are employed for this purpose, two of these viz. 14' and 16 being carried by one head section 12 and spacedv apart, while the third cleat 15 is carried by the other head section 11 in central. position so that it enters between and interlocks with the cleats 1416. These cleats are preferably riveted to their respective head sections by long nails 17 the inner ends 18 of which are turned down and clenched against theinner face of the'head'sections. They lie at right angles to the meeting line 13 of the head sections and extend on the outer face of the head from one-margin tothe opposite margin thereof. In width they are preferably such that the three cleats together extend transversely the entire width of one side I) of the hexagon and in thickness they are preferably at least equal to that of the slats 10. Short nails 19 driven into the portions of the cleats which overlap the opposite head sections 11 and 12 hold the halves together and thus prevent the crate sections from parting. The cross cleats not only hold the crate sections together, but also through.

their interlocking engagement, effectively prevent the halves from being distorted with relation to each other through side strains. It is obvious that the assembly of the crate halves upon the roll may be quickly accomplished, while the driving of the securing nails 19 in the cross cleats is much more conveniently and speedily accomplished 'of'the head between the opposite sides 6 thereof; Being of a thickness at least equal Patented Feb. 2a, 1916.

to that of the slats 10, it isobvious that until the crate is tilted to more than et from the perpendicular, its weight. cannot rest wholly upon the ends of the slats extending between the sides 6 of the heads at opposite nds of the crate. Y Impact against the end of the slat when ,thecrate is at, a greater angle than 45 has no appreciable distorting or displacing action. therefore protected against 1n ury;fr0m this source, The same is true of the slats attached to the sides a and 0 of the head. ,The

angle between the corners 20 of the head and the sides of the cleats 14 and 16 is such that the crate must be tipped a considerable distance from the vertical before it is possible for theends of the slats attached midwayof the-sides a and c to receive the impact. This angle is made the greater by the beveling at 21 of the outer edges of the slats. Furthermore, a short supplemental cleat 22 only one of which is shown in Fig. 1, may be added after the crate sections are assembled, to-

receive the impact which might otherwise fall upon the corners of these slats. obvious that there is no danger of the slats being displaced during the spinning of the crate, since during the latter operation the crate is maintained as nearly vertical as ossiblein order to relieve the operator'o its weight and consequently the cleats 14, 15

'tion 11 may be substituted for the mid-cleat 15 and take into recesses 24 in the edge of the coeperating head section 12. :This'eX- pedient is more expensive how'eversince it necessitates the afiixing of the dowels to one part and the counterboring of the other to receive them. l

A third construction, which is efficient,

but rather more expensive is shown in Figs.

-57. The slats 10 and head sectionsll and 12 are the same as in the construction above described. The cross cleats in thepresent modification however comprise broad boards 25, 26, forming anouter protective head, in two parts, permanently secured respectively to the main head sections 11 'and 12 by rivets 27 and projecting in part across the outer face of the other section to which, 'in the assembled crate, it. is attached by means of short nails 28. WVhile the overall diameter of this protective cleat'head is the same as'that of the main head 11 12, its peripheral shape is that of a duo-'decagon instead of a hexagon with the result that its areas 29 project over and thus protect thev These slats are.

It is ends bf the slats lOfromany possible direct 1 impact, 7 v 3 V V Various other modifications by. whichv the same protection is receivedwillreadily sug gest themselves which at the same time do tion.

I claim as my'invent1on:+ v1; Aishipping crate of the between the same and havingjheirjends flush with the outer faces of sa1dheads,. n combination with cleats on the outer faces not depart from what I claim asmy inven character de- I scribed, comprising heads, slatsjextending;

of said'heads serving to protect the e nds of the slats against impact, when ,the crate is dropped on end or at any'a'ngle less'tthan, substantially 45" from the perpendicular.

2 A shipping crate of the character (1e; scribed, comprising twoepart heads, slats ex tending between. corresponding head parts at opposite ends of the crate, to formjindependent cooperating cradle sections, the ends i of the slats having their ends flush with the a outer faces'of their respective head sections, incomblnation with cleats on the outer faces of said heads serving in the finishedcrate to unite said cradle sections and" at the same time to protect the ends of'the' slats against impact when the crateis dropped on end or at any f angle less than substantially a5 from the perpendicular. 1

p g Crate of the character (1 r f scribed, comprising two-part heads, slats eX-f tending between corresponding head partsat opposite ends of the crate, to form-indesections, in combination with cleats mounted onthe outer faces of the said respective head sections and overlapping and secured to the cooperating head sections'in the fin- Joo pendent coiiperating cradle sections, 1 ends of the -slats having their ends flush with the outer faces of'ftheir respective head 5 ios r ished crate, said cleats serving toprotect the ends of the slats against impact {when the crate is dropped on end. or at any angle less 5 than substantially 45 from the perpendic- 4. A shipping crate of the character described, comprising two-part heads, slats extending between corresponding head parts pendent coiiperating cradle sections, the" ends of the slats having their ends 'flush with the outer faces of, their respective head sections, in combination with interlocking cleats 'mounted on the-outer *faces of the respective head sections and 'overlapping,

in interlocked relation, the coiiperating'head sections in the assembled condition of the parts, said cleatsbeing secured to both head'- protectthe ends of the'slats against impact when the crate is dropped-on end orat any angle less than substantially 45 fromthe perpendicular. 1 v i sections inthe finished crate andserving to I "115V at opposite ends of the crate, toform 1I ld6'f 5. A shipping crate of the character described, comprising two-part heads, slats extending between corresponding head parts at opposite ends of the crate, to form independent cooperating cradle sections, the ends of the slats having their ends flush with the outer faces of their respective head sections, in combination with cleats mounted on the outer faces of the respective head sections and respectively overlapping and secured to the cooperating headsections in the finished head sections in the finished crate, each of said cleats extending completely across the finished head from one margin to the opposite margin.

'7. -A shipping crate of thecharacter described, comprising two-part heads, slats extending between corresponding head parts at opposite ends of the crate, to form independent cooperating cradle sections, the ends of the slats having their ends flush with the outer faces of their respective head sections, in combination with cleats mounted on the outer faces of the respective head sections and overlapping the respective cooperating head sections in the finished crate, said cleats extending completely across the head from one margin to the opposite margin, for the purpose specified.

8. A shipping crate comprising heads at opposite ends of the crate, slats extending between the same with their ends substantially flush with the outer faces of the heads, and cleats extending between opposite margins of the outer faces of the heads, the peripheral margins of the slats being beveled toprevent end impact thereon during the 7 normal handling of the crate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE CHAPMAN.

lVitnesses:

JAMES Nnss, J12, WM. A. KING.

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